BRABUS AB110: When Automotive Performance Meets the World of Superyachts
BRABUS takes its performance philosophy offshore with the AB110, a 110-foot superyacht developed alongside Italian yacht builder AB Yachts. Packing 7,800 horsepower, waterjet propulsion and a top speed of 48 knots, the first BRABUS yacht is an ambitious statement of intent in a market where luxury and performance increasingly go hand in hand.
For BRABUS, performance has never been confined to the road. The German automotive specialist has spent decades developing a reputation around powerful engines, distinctive styling and highly personalised luxury vehicles. Its expansion into the marine sector has already produced a collection of high-performance day boats and luxury catamarans. Now, the company is taking a considerably larger step.
Meet the BRABUS AB110, the first yacht to emerge from a strategic partnership between BRABUS and Italian yacht builder AB Yachts, part of Next Yacht Group.
Unveiled at the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show, the 110-foot vessel represents the beginning of a new three-model yacht family. Alongside the AB110, the collaboration includes the smaller BRABUS AB95 and the considerably larger BRABUS AB150, which is scheduled to make its world premiere at the Monaco Yacht Show in 2027.
This is more than a new product for BRABUS. It is an attempt to transfer the company’s automotive design philosophy into a different class of performance engineering, where speed, stability, onboard comfort and naval architecture must work together.
A partnership built around performance
Announced on 7 July 2026, the collaboration brings together BRABUS’s design and personalisation expertise with AB Yachts’ experience in building high-performance motor yachts.
The partnership is an extension of BRABUS Marine’s existing activities, which include its collaboration with Finnish boatbuilder Axopar and its luxury catamaran partnership with Sunreef Yachts.
However, the AB110 occupies a different category. Rather than a fast day boat or an oversized tender, this is a fully developed superyacht designed to accommodate guests, crew and extended time on the water.
For AB Yachts, the partnership provides an opportunity to bring its performance-oriented naval engineering to a new audience. For BRABUS, it creates a platform on which to introduce its distinctive Masterpiece philosophy to the superyacht market.
Constantin Buschmann, CEO and owner of BRABUS, described the collaboration as a new dimension for the company, combining AB Yachts’ engineering expertise with BRABUS’s approach to design, individuality and attention to detail.
7,800 horsepower and a 48-knot top speed
The numbers are perhaps the most immediate indication of what the AB110 is designed to achieve.
Power comes from three MTU 16V 2000 M96L engines, each producing approximately 2,600 horsepower. Combined, the installation delivers 7,800 horsepower, or approximately 5,817 kW.
Instead of conventional propeller propulsion, the yacht uses a waterjet system comprising two steerable waterjets and a central booster. This arrangement is designed to translate the engines’ considerable output into acceleration, manoeuvrability and high-speed performance.
BRABUS and AB Yachts quote a maximum speed of 48 knots, equivalent to approximately 89 km/h.
For a yacht measuring 33.70 metres, that is a substantial performance figure. It also places the AB110 in a particularly specialised category of high-performance superyachts, where propulsion and hull design are central to the entire ownership experience.
The vessel incorporates advanced stabilisation technology intended to improve comfort both underway and at anchor. This is an important consideration: high speed is only one part of the equation when designing a yacht intended to carry guests in luxury.
A design language carried over from the road
The exterior makes little effort to conceal its BRABUS identity.
Carbon-fibre detailing appears throughout the design, including exposed-carbon front wings, bespoke side elements and detailing around the engine air outlets at the stern. An illuminated BRABUS roof spoiler adds another automotive-inspired feature, while distinctive LED lighting across the forward superstructure contributes to the yacht’s visual signature.
The exterior is finished with the brand’s characteristic red accents, connecting the AB110 to the visual language already familiar from its automotive projects.
However, the challenge in translating an automotive identity into yacht design is ensuring that the styling does not compromise the vessel’s practical requirements.
The AB110’s exterior is arranged across several distinct living areas, with the main deck providing forward and aft relaxation spaces. At the bow, a large sunpad and seating area create a private outdoor retreat, while another lounge occupies the aft section, closer to the water.
Above, the expansive sun deck doubles as a flybridge. It incorporates additional sunpads, port and starboard seating areas, carbon-fibre tables and integrated storage.
A secondary helm station is also integrated into the upper deck for harbour manoeuvres. When not required, its controls can be retracted into the surrounding storage structure.
Inside the BRABUS Masterpiece
The interior is where the partnership’s automotive influence becomes particularly apparent.
BRABUS has carried its Masterpiece philosophy into the yacht’s living spaces, combining bespoke materials, premium leather and distinctive detailing inspired by its high-end vehicle commissions.
The main deck is arranged around two large sofas, with a dedicated dining area capable of accommodating eight people. The helm station has been developed as a focused operating environment, bringing navigation, vessel management and infotainment together.
A bespoke BRABUS steering wheel and a specially upholstered driver’s seat continue the connection to the company’s automotive interiors. Both incorporate the brand’s recognisable Triangle quilting.
Accommodation is arranged across four guest cabins on the lower deck, with space for up to ten guests.
The owner’s suite includes a private bathroom and dedicated wardrobe area. Two additional guest cabins and a separate VIP cabin also have their own bathrooms.
The lower deck additionally houses the galley, crew mess and two crew cabins, allowing the operational requirements of the yacht to remain separate from the guest accommodation.
It is a layout intended to balance private living spaces with the social areas expected of a modern luxury yacht.
The garage becomes a beach club
One of the more interesting features of the AB110 is its stern garage.
Designed to accommodate a jet tender and a full-sized three-seat personal watercraft, the space also provides storage for equipment such as stand-up paddleboards, snorkelling gear, life jackets and towable inflatables.
An integrated winch and roller arrangement assists the crew in moving larger equipment towards the water.
Once the tender and watercraft have been deployed, the aft platform can be transformed into a sea-level beach area and lounge.
It is a practical feature that changes the relationship between the yacht and the water. Rather than simply providing a platform for launching equipment, the stern becomes an extension of the onboard entertainment and relaxation space.
For owners who spend considerable time anchored in secluded locations, this arrangement offers a more direct connection to the surrounding environment.
Three yachts, one new direction
The AB110 is only the beginning of the partnership.
The BRABUS AB95 forms the smaller end of the new range. It is powered by three MAN V12X 2200 engines, each producing 2,200 horsepower, with a combined output of 6,600 horsepower. It also uses waterjet propulsion and has a quoted maximum speed of 48 knots.
At the other end sits the BRABUS AB150, a 150-foot superyacht currently under development. Its world premiere is scheduled for the 2027 Monaco Yacht Show, coinciding with BRABUS’s 50th anniversary.
Detailed technical specifications for the AB150 have not yet been fully disclosed, so its final performance and accommodation figures remain to be seen.
The three models establish a clear ambition: BRABUS is not entering the superyacht market with a single branded vessel, but with a dedicated family of high-performance yachts.
A different kind of BRABUS statement
The luxury yacht market has never been short of impressive engineering or extravagant interiors. What makes the AB110 interesting is the particular balance it attempts to strike.
At 33.70 metres, with 7,800 horsepower and a claimed top speed of 48 knots, it is designed to deliver performance figures that would be remarkable even among much smaller powerboats. Yet it also offers four guest cabins, accommodation for ten, dedicated crew facilities and extensive outdoor living spaces.
There is a wider story here about the evolution of automotive luxury brands. Increasingly, their identities are extending beyond the vehicles that established them, moving into architecture, lifestyle products, marine engineering and bespoke experiences.
BRABUS is now applying that philosophy to a vessel where the engineering requirements are considerably more complex than those of a road car.
The AB110 is the first tangible result. Its success will ultimately depend not only on the attention its design attracts, but on how effectively its performance, handling and onboard comfort come together in real-world operation.
For now, one thing is clear: BRABUS has arrived in the superyacht market with an unmistakable statement, and the AB150 suggests that this is only the beginning.
